Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (2001/42/EC full textlink 28)see also: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/

Regulation (EC) No 1682/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE) – (full textlink 30)

Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE) – (full textlink 31)

Information and Public Participation

Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (full textlink 32)

Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC (full textlink 33).

Commission proposal for a Directive on access to justice [COM(2003)624] (full textlink 34).

Council Directive 1999/30/EC of 22 April 1999 relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air (full textlink 37)

Directive 2000/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2000 relating to limit values for benzene and carbon monoxide in ambient air (full textlink 38)

Directive 2002/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2002 relating to ozone in ambient air (full textlink 39)

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air (2003/0164) (full textlink 40)

2001/752/EC: Commission Decision of 17 October 2001 amending the Annexes to Council Decision 97/101/EC establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States (full textlink 41)

97/101/EC: Council Decision of 27 January 1997 establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States(full textlink 42)

National Emission Ceilings

Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants (full textlink 43)

Stationary Source Emissions

Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (full textlink 44)

Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (full textlink 45)

Directive 94/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations (full textlink 46)

Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations (full textlink 47)

Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC (full textlink 48)

Council Decision (1999/170/EC) of 25 January 1999 adopting a specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on energy, environment and sustainable development (1998 to 2002) – (full textlink 59)

Global Changes

Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC - (full textlink 67)

Commission Decision of 29/01/2004 establishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council - (full textlink 68)

Global Monitoring and Earth observation

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): Establishing a GMES capacity by 2008 - (Action Plan (2004-2008) – (full textlink 71)

Cetacean protectionlink 76Council Regulation (EEC) No 348/81 of 20 January 1981 on common rules for imports of whale or other cetacean products - (full textlink 77)

COM(2002) 511: Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: A strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture – (full textlink 78)

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the "Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: A strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture" – (full textlink 79)

Seal pupslink 80Council Directive 83/129/EEC of 28 March 1983 concerning the importation into the Member States of skins of certain seal pups and products derived there from (full textlink 81)

Helsinki Convention on the protection of the Baltic Sealink 86Council Decision 94/156/EC of 21 February 1994 on the accession of the Community to the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area 1974 (Helsinki Convention) – (full textlink 87)Council Decision 94/157/EC of 21 February 1994 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention as revised in 1992) – (full textlink 88)

Paris Conventionlink 89Council Decision 98/249/EC of 7 October 1997 on the conclusion of the Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the north-east Atlantic (Paris Convention) – (full textlink 90)

Council Directive 79/409/EEC (2 April 1979) on the conservation of wild birds (the Birds Directive) – (full textlink 92)

Council Directive 92/43/EEC (21 May 1992) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (the Habitats Directive) provide further legal basis for Community action to conserve biodiversity – (full textlink 93)

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the "Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Towards a strategy to protect and conserve the marine environment" – (full textlink 94)

COM(2003)302: Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Integrated Product Policy. Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking (full textlink 95)

Noise

COM(2004)160: Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council concerning existing Community measures relating to sources of environmental noise, pursuant to article 10.1 of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (full textlink 97)

Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise (full textlink 98)

Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors (full textlink 99)

Risk Management and Civil Protection

Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive96/82/EClink 103on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (full textlink 104)

COM(2003)235: Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – (full textlink 115)

Technology and Policy for Sustainable Developmentlink 116 - Centre for Environment and Sustainability at Chalmers University of Technology and the Göteborg University, 2002Regulation (EC) No 2493/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 November 2000 on measures to promote the full integration of the environmental dimension in the development process of developing countries – (full textlink 117)

COM (2000) 545: Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Recommendation concerning the implementation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe – (Full textlink 126)

COM (2000) 547: Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Integrated Coastal Zone Management: a Strategy for Europe (Full textlink 127)

Soil

COM(2002) 179 final: “Towards a thematic strategy for Soil Protection”. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions (full textlink 128)